Happy Years Research Articles

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Robert William Walker Paterson

Robert William Walker Paterson (“Robin”) was born in Blantyre, Lanarkshire, on 26 May 1938, the only child of William and Jessie Paterson. William Paterson was the chemist in Blantyre while...

Constructing the ethical active older subject: a Foucauldian discourse analysis of active ageing policies in Copenhagen, Denmark

ABSTRACT ‘Active Ageing’ is a dominant discourse in the promotion of active lifestyles for older adults. Its emphasis upon adoption of a positive mind-set and ‘good’ lifestyle choices has resulted in active ageing policies becoming associated with ‘neoliberal’ tendencies. Conversely, we suggest the tendency to equate active ageing policy with a totalising concept of ‘neoliberalism’ can obscure interpretational nuance. We conducted Foucauldian Discourse Analysis upon 31 policy documents outlining provision of active ageing services in Copenhagen Municipality, Denmark, traditionally a communitarian policy environment. Both textual and visual data were analysed. Focus was made upon the construction of active ageing as an object of policy, and subsequent discursive constructions of the active ageing subject. The application of ‘active ageing’ created several contradictions in this policy environment. Services were promoted as ‘open to all,’ yet Municipal support was discursively constructed as an imperative of care for the most needful. Personal choice was promoted, yet meaningfulness and freedom was situated in the community, and shared-ownership, active citizenship and voluntarism were emphasised. The older subject was discursively constructed as an ethical, responsible, self-sufficient and active citizen who was both a producer and consumer of active ageing programmes. Such subjects were imagined to inhabit localised communities of primarily white, slim, non-disabled, visibly happy and healthy over-65 year olds. Hence, whilst empowerment and programme flexibility were promoted, the conceptualisation of a homogenous ‘elderly’ community appeared less conducive to respect for diversity, promoting cross-generational cooperation and maximising the ‘preventative’ potential of active ageing programmes.

My Pilgrimage in Mission

As a missionary among the aboriginals in Taiwan, I wondered why this people’s response to the gospel was so open, compared with that of the Chinese of my youth and the Taiwanese majority population. This question became almost an obsession for me. After sixteen happy years in service in Taiwan still holding my question, I began another stage in my pilgrimage in mission in graduate school seeking for answers. I continued my ministry in America, writing articles and then a series of books trying to answer my question regarding receptivity or nonreceptivity to outside religions, especially Christianity.

Editorial

Dear friends,&#x0D; &#x0D; Our expectations to celebrate the highest achievements in gymnastics at the Olympic Games in Tokyo have been postponed for a year. I hope we will be able to enjoy the Games next year. Who would have thought that one small micro size organism can stop the whole world! Some countries cancelled all sport activities, some still do let them run. Our human race is being tested. Let’s hope our families, friends and everyone else will come through this crisis without any serious problems.&#x0D; &#x0D; On the other hand, we still attend to our day-to-day activities that make our days happier. Prof. Anton Gajdoš, our collaborator on history topics and friend, has just celebrated his 80th birthday. Advanced age from some people’s perspective, but Anton is still full of energy. In this issue we learn a bit more about his history diaries. We wish him many happy and healthy years to come!&#x0D; &#x0D; For this issue our authors researched many different topics. I’m very pleased that we probably have the first research paper on the definition of aesthetic movement. In art it is believed that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Pia Vinken and Thomas Heinen from Germany tried to define what aesthetic movement in gymnastics is supposed to be (content, no errors). Ludwig Friderich Jahn would be proud of them. &#x0D; &#x0D; For the first time we present articles from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and Indonesia. One article is about modelling the Jurchenko vault and another is about aerobic fitness in relation to diet.&#x0D; &#x0D; The remaining five articles were contributed by authors from Germany (judging trampolining, motor control), Portugal (morphologic characteristics), Mexico (psychology), United Kingdom and Australia (acrobatics). All together, there are eight very interesting articles in this issue.&#x0D; &#x0D; Anton Gajdoš provides a short historical note on Professor Vladimir Ivanovič Silin of Russia.&#x0D; &#x0D; Just to remind you, if you quote the Journal, its abbreviation on the Web of Knowledge is SCI GYMN J. &#x0D; &#x0D; I wish you pleasant reading and a lot of inspiration for new research projects and articles,&#x0D; ​​​​​​​​​ &#x0D; ​​​​​​​​​ &#x0D; &#x0D; &#x0D; &#x0D; Ivan Čuk &#x0D; Editor-in-Chief

Happy life expectancy in China

Utilizing multiple-wave data from Chinese General Social Survey and the life table method, this study assesses the happy life expectancy of Chinese population aged 18 and older over 2005–2015. We also use the decomposition method to further isolate the happiness effect and mortality effect on temporal changes and gender differences. The results suggest that, Chinese adults, in general, live a great proportion of their lives happily, and the happy life expectancy increases pronouncedly over time in both absolute and relative terms. A rapidly rising level of happiness provides the major contribution to the temporal increase in happy life expectancy. Women exceed men in the length of happy life expectancy, and the gender difference enlarges over time. This gender gap in happy life expectancy mainly reflects a mortality effect. The results also indicate that with the increase of age, there is an increasing proportion of happy life years lived among the Chinese elderly, which is in sharp contrast with the decreasing proportion of healthy life years lived by this population, as suggested by previous studies on health life expectancy. We conclude that a combination of healthy life expectancy and happy life expectancy can provide a fuller and more comprehensive reflection on people’s overall quality of life.

President's message: Welcome to this new year

Hello everybody and welcome to this new year. I have the great privilege and honor of offering you the best wishes for a happy and prosperous new year on behalf of the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society Administration Committee!

Editorial note: welcome to Volume 23 and the year 2020

The Editorial Board of African Journal of Nephrology (AJN) and I wish all readers, contributors and reviewers a very happy and successful year 2020. The year 2019 was a very productive year for AJN and the African Association of Nephrology (AFRAN). The 2019 AFRAN congress, held from 25 to 29 September 2019 in Mombasa (Kenya), was a very successful one, with the participation of hundreds of delegates from all regions of Africa. The congress was held in partnership with the Kenya Renal Association and the African Paediatric Nephrology Association (AFPNA). The main congress was preceded by several successful courses. Prof Antony Were from Kenya was elected President of AFRAN. The next AFRAN congress will be held next year in Côte d’Ivoire. In 2019, we published excellent reviews covering global disparities in kidney disease and its treatment as well as the use of data from renal registries in randomised controlled trials. We therefore encourage our readers to participate in the collection of data for registries as well as to make use of registry data for research.&nbsp;The AJN 2019 volume also published excellent original articles that showcased the strength of clinical nephrology research in various regions of Africa. The year 2020 is expected to witness several national and regional nephrology meetings. I urge all convenors to use AJN to publicize their meetings, as well as publish their proceedings. The World Congress of Nephrology will take place in Abu Dhabi from 26 to 29 March 2020. This year, World Kidney Day is scheduled for Thursday, 12 March 2020. The theme is “Kidney Health for Everyone Everywhere – from Prevention to Detection and Equitable Access to Care”. I am confident that, in 2020, AJN will continue the trends set in the previous year, by publishing outstanding in-depth review articles as well as interesting original research articles. Finally, I am pleased to announce that this year, the South African Renal Society Congress will take place in Durban at the International Convention Centre, from 25-29 November 2020. The theme of the congress is “Big Data and Access to Quality Renal Care”. As President of the Local Organising Committee, I invite everyone to SARS Congress 2020. WOZA – DURBAN! Alain G AssoungaEditor-in-Chief

Gyerek, nevelés és társadalom kapcsolata Japánban

A gyermeknevelés íve és stílusa kultúránként jelentékeny eltéréseket és sajátosságokat mutat. Japánban ideálisan a felhőtlenül szabad és megengedő légkörű kisgyermekkort követően egyre erősebb és szigorúbb betörési szakasz következik, amelyben a gyerek megtanulja a társadalmi elvárásokhoz való alkalmazkodás mindenhatóságát. Ezt a hagyományos mintát azonban kikezdte a globalizáció miatt elhatalmasodó érték-átrendeződés, az egyke családmodell elterjedése és az élő emberi kommunikáció háttérbe szorulása a virtuális interakciók javára. Mindez negativan érinti a társadalmi kohéziót és végső soron a gazdasági fejlődést is.

Stephanie Michelle Clarke

Stephanie Michelle Clarke (“Steph”) was a bright and talented young doctor with a stellar career ahead of her. After qualification she had a very happy and successful FY1 year in...

President’s piece

I wish our ASEG Members, corporate partners and affiliate societies a very happy and prosperous New Year. I also want to express my deepest concern and well wishes for all of our Members and their ...

Editorial

Great scholar was asked “what is the fastest thing?”. He answered “TIME”. Yes time flies so fast that without realizing we are now moving into a new year, 2019. I guess it is not too late to wish everyone a very happy new year and to our Chinese readers, wishing you all “Gong Hee Fatt Choi”.We are also moving very fast in this journal. Previously, BJMS was published in two editions a year. However, since 2017 it was published three times a year. The number of articles we received was very encouraging. Thanks to those who have contributed endlessly to keep this journal as one of the top journals at our university (UMS).In this edition, we have specially dedicated to articles which were the product of Sabah Research Day 2018. The Research Day was held during the 6th Sabah Medical Research and Scientific Conference on 12 – 13 September 2018 at Sabah Women and Children Hospital, Kota Kinabalu (HWKKS). We have selected 13 abstracts to be published in this issue.

From Europe with Pride: Heritage, Community and Queer Moves

This paper takes Pride (2014) as a focal point for a discussion of a popular European cinema that looks back on key moments in the twentieth-century political past(s) through the re-enactment of queer scenarios of activism and resistance. My contention is that, as significant as identity politics is the notion of movement itself. Pride’s intersectional retro-politics injects queer moves into heritage cinema, literally including musical moments of (camp) dance and song that dislodge characters from constraining social spaces and sedimented subjectivities. I look at Pride alongside other examples of new heritage filmmaking through their use of the movement-image (Deleuze) to retrieve the memory of political moments in history through queer moves. Encounters set to music underscore the road trip of a Swiss feminist journalist and her team of radio broadcasters adrift in the Portuguese Carnation Revolution in Les Grandes Ondes (a l’ouest)/Longwave (2013); out-of-step punk musical performances punctuate a queer coming-of-age girl narrative set in the 1980s in El Calentito (2005); dance scenes of queer female eroticism derail heteronormative trajectories of marriage and family in Anni felici/Those Happy Years (2013) and La Belle saison/Summertime (2015), two stories that intersect with the international women’s liberation movement in the 1970s. These films suggest a European heritage cinema as interzone (Randall Halle, 2014). I explore the ways in which these films eschew nostalgia via the stress on movement, queer performativity and the possibility of (not yet formed) communities. By retrieving Pride in (and for) a broader European cinematic context, this paper makes a move towards a reading of the film’s intersectional politics as a timely response to the incompleteness of the European social project of integration.

2019 – TIME FOR INNOVATIONS THROUGH COLLABORATIONS

At very outset, I wish all our readers and pharmaceutical scientists a very Happy New Year. 2019 is dawning on the Indian research community in general and all pharmaceutical research professionals in particular. The Prime Minister has come up with “JAI VIGYAN” and “JAI ANUSANDHAN” in support of scientific research. This strengthens the call under Article 51A of Fundamental duties under the Constitution of India for developing a Scientific Temper… and the spirit of enquiry.

The Polish Triumph in Warsaw in 1661 on the Occasion of the Victories of the Polish-Lithuanian Troops of the Previous “Happy Year”: the Moscow Translation of a Special Issue of the First Polish Newspaper “Merkuriusz Polski”

The paper examines the Moscow translation of a special issue of the first Polish newspaper Merkuriusz Polski in the archive of the Secret Chancellery, which recounts the Polish triumph in Warsaw in 1661 on the occasion of the victories of the Polish-Lithuanian troops of the previous “happy year”. The history of the text's creation and its appearance in Russia is reviewed, as well as the literary features of the Polish edition and its Russian translation. Also addressed are the issues of the documents' archival storage. The text in question is contrasted with other literary works dedicated to the event. The authors also turn to the main episodes of the 1660 military campaign and the measures taken by the Russian government to combat Polish propaganda materials and to disseminate in Europe their own view of the conflict. The authors show that, despite the fierce struggle between the countries, their cultural interaction continued, taking the form of an information war. In the annex, the texts of the Polish original and its Russian translation are published. DOI: 10.31168/2305-6754.2019.8.2.12

Starch and Non‐Starch Carbohydrates − More High‐Quality Content For an Expanding Readership

Dear authors, reviewers and readers, Welcome to 2019 in STARCH-STÄRKE. On behalf of the entire editorial office we wish you a happy, healthy and successful new year. Based upon your continued great support STARCH-STÄRKE enjoyed a fantastic year 2018. The journaĺs ISI impact factor is now at 2.173 (compared to 1.84 in the previous year). This is an important achievement and reinforces and mirrors the general positive trend, with respect to the scientific quality of papers we publish as well as regarding a larger readership reached by the journals broader scope (STARCH-STÄRKE welcomes innovative studies on non-starch carbohydrates). In 2018 we published a number of excellent (i) special issues and (ii) review articles. Some examples to be highlighted are: As you might have noticed by now, we are happy to announce that with the beginning of this year, Wiley-VCH stopped charging for figures published in colour (online or print). We have also introduced graphical abstract images and layman's text descriptions in the table of contents for all our articles published online. Please feel free to share your opinion of the journal ́s development and to get back to us in case of questions regarding your submission(s). Thanks very much for your continued support! Best wishes, Julia Reuter & Christine Mayer On behalf of the STARCH-STÄRKE Editorial office

A Look Back at 2018

A Look Back at 2018

Greetings from the editor 2019

First of all, let me wish you a healthy, happy and prosperous New Year—may your personal and professional wishes come true. Second, let me thank you for your continued support...

‘50 happy years in the NHS’

Dental nurse Joyce Meeson shares the golden days of her career

Happy 40th Year—You've Come a Long Way, CAPTE!

Background and Purpose. The purpose of this article is to review the 40-year history of the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE), highlight its contributions and controversies, and reflect on how it has influenced the physical therapy profession. Position and Rationale. It is our contention that CAPTE has played a pivotal role in shaping the direction of physical therapy education since its inception in 1977, and that it will continue to do so in the future despite multiple challenges related to expanding government regulations, an ever-changing health care delivery system, a proliferation of new programs, ongoing faculty shortages, and growing concerns over an unsustainable model for clinical education. The evolution of CAPTE's accreditation standards over the past 40 years has also been instrumental in advancing physical therapy education, practice, and research as they continue to raise the bar for faculty qualifications, scholarly expectations, curricular content, and the designated entry-level degree for physical therapy practitioners. Although these and other issues will continue to challenge CAPTE's resources and processes, we are confident that CAPTE will adapt as needed to fulfill its mission of assuring quality and continuous improvement in physical therapy education. Discussion and Conclusion. The physical therapy profession can take pride in the outstanding reputation that CAPTE has established as a model of best practices in specialized accreditation. By reflecting on CAPTE's 40-year history and present status, we have shown how well CAPTE has served the interests of the public and the profession. In looking forward, we share CAPTE's vision for becoming an autonomous, self-governing body that sets global standards which will positively affect physical therapy education and practice for years to come.